It’s Source & Destination TEMPTATION It’s Source & Destination James 1:13-18

The Foundation of Temptation Central Truth The Foundation of Temptation is Deception

JAMES 1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers

An Enticement to Sin and Evil… Temptation An Enticement to Sin and Evil…

Any Activity that is Contrary to God’s Will and God’s Word EVIL Any Activity that is Contrary to God’s Will and God’s Word

JAMES 1:14-15 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

When I’m Tempted & Sin, It’s Somebody Else’s Fault LIE #1 When I’m Tempted & Sin, It’s Somebody Else’s Fault

JAMES 1:14-15 …But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Lured & Enticed (NASB) – But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. (NLT) – Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.

Since God Is Sovereign, My Temptation is His Fault LIE #2 Since God Is Sovereign, My Temptation is His Fault

1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

If it Looks Good, Feels Good, LIE #3 If it Looks Good, Feels Good, & Brings Me Pleasure… it Must Be Good!

JAMES 1:15 desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death

JAMES1:2-4 JAMES1:14-15 MATURITY ENDURANCE FAITH TRIALS TEMPTATION LUST SIN DEATH JAMES1:14-15

JAMES 1:17-18 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Genesis 3:4-6 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,…

Genesis 3:4-6 …she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

Antidote… Run Avoid Guard Your Thought Life Stay in the Word

Temptation’s Source It’s Not God…it’s Me

Death Packaged as Pleasure Temptation’s Nature Death Packaged as Pleasure

God’s Nature Good All The Time